In-class discussion questions for Apr 8

We will discuss these questions on Wed, Apr 8. Do not post comments on this.

• What happened in Caregroup?
• What does it mean by “the network collapse?” (p. 5)
• Why and how could a failure in hospital IT systems kill a patient?
• What caused the network collapse at CareGroup in 2002?
• How on earth could one software program instigate the collapse of the whole network?
• What were the compounding factors in this incident? What exacerbated it?
• What had made CareGroup’s network so complex and vulnerable to a complete failure?